Uc berkeley that would bring students to the city. But first, capitol hill is on pause as the house of representative remains without a speaker. Youre watching getting answers. Im kristen sze the house floor is turning into a soap opera, but one with grave consequences. Its been nine days since an internal revolt resulted in the ouster of House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy and republicans still havent taken a vote on a replacement. Joining us live now to discuss the frenzy behind the scenes battle and how the israelihamas war is affecting washington, abc news political director rick klein. Hi, rick. Nice to see you. Hey, great to great to be on with you. Kristen thanks for having me. Im wondering if you think theres new urgency to having a speaker with the war between israel and hamas. Well i think theres underscoring the stakes, but the urgency doesnt seem to be felt in capitol hill. The folks in the Republican Party who brought the ouster of Kevin Mccarthy are really no closer to finding a
Good morning, everyone. Im poppy harlow along with Phil Mattingly live outside of the capitol in washington, d. C. , this morning. It is wednesday, october 4th, and there is no Speaker Of The House. We are going to discuss the politics of how this happened and where we go from here. Certainly were going to talk about the process of What Happens Next, but we are really focusing on the implications. The peoples house is paralyzed. It cannot do its job for you, the American People, after Kevin Mccarthy became the first Speaker Of The House in our nations history to be removed. The office of Speaker Of The House of the United States House Of Representatives is hereby declared vacant. Take a look at these, the front pages from the major papers across the country, as you wake up this morning. Our nation enters uncharted territory. The house is in chaos. Republicans are now scrambling to find a new leader after a small rebellion, just eight members, led by matt gaetz, was able to topple mccar
House speaker Kevin Mccarthy fighting to stay in power. Florida republican congressman matt gaetz pushing to oust him after less than a year in charge. Hello, im john roberts, welcome to you on this historic tuesday. A lot going on behind us. Im Aishah Hasnie in for sandra smith. Matt gaetz filed the motion to vacate the chair, could force a new vote as early as 1 30 today for House Speaker if mccarthys allies are not able to save him. John the florida congressman says the recent spending battle and ongoing aid to ukraine says he is not representing republican interest in the house. And if he can convince enough gop members for the motion, he will be forced to rely on democrats. Aishah juan and chris are standing by, but first, off to capitol hill where senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram is live with the latest. So, what are you hearing, where are the democrats at right now . Good afternoon, aishah. When asked if he would still be speaking, Kevin Mccarthy said yes but conc
Paved the way for obstruction of justice. I was watching greta last night who was pretty steady shes always so even, i should take a queue from her. But last night she was really angry. I stopped and watched. She said the president has taken us for a ride for 41 days. He just admitted he lied to america, he lied to the world 41 days ago. The lawyer in her just kept saying theres only one reason why he would do this, to intimidate a witness. To scare people. She said its witness intimidation, theres no other reason and thats something that and with all due respect to lindsey, he usually gets it right but this president could rise and fall on tweets like that. We should have put that on the list of destruct of tweets. Yeah, because it really is. Theres so many, though, its just so hard to choose five. Thats what michael said. The one tweet which may lead to Donald Trumps impeachment, obviously not a liberal guy. Good morning, its friday, june 23rd. Its friday. He was at the cutting room.